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Outdoor photo at Gangotri on the riverbank. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and wrap, stands with back to camera pouring liquid from a metal vessel over a golden deity murti of Venkateswara with four arms and a tall crown, beside a gilded arch. Beside it stands a second gilded figure in a red garment. Steps lead up, a small orange-robed devotee sits on the steps, and behind are wooden and painted houses, pine trees and mountains. a person candidate is present; the orange robe and long hair fit the cues, though the face is not visible, so uncertain. People visible: one standing, one seated.

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A photograph of a figure in a long-sleeved orange-saffron robe, seen from behind on the left, extending the right arm to pour water or milk from a small vessel onto golden murti figures. Two gilded standing deity murtis stand beneath an ornate golden arch: the left one in a golden dhoti and jewellery, the right one draped in a red-orange sari. Behind them a white portable device sits on the steps. The setting is a rocky riverbank with stone steps and mountain-town buildings with corrugated roofs, a pack animal, and distant pedestrians, consistent with a Himalayan pilgrimage town. The figure's long dark hair is visible but the face is not, so identity is uncertain.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27A photograph at a riverside shrine by a rocky, dry riverbed with pine-clad mountains behind. A figure in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair stands at a golden arched shrine, pouring or offering from a silver vessel over a small deity murti; the gilded figure stands with a gold-framed arch, and a red-clad image stands to the right. Metal bowls and a trident-topped staff sit in front. Several people in orange clothing stand in the background on steps, with a blue canopy overhead and wooden houses across the river. a person (saffron robe, long swept hair, rudraksha-style adornment) performing an abhishekam-style offering, with a devotee-like figure in orange nearby.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27A photograph of a golden deity murti of Vishnu, standing four-armed under an ornate gold arch on a white stepped platform, with two smaller attendant figures in red garments beside him. In the foreground at left, a person in an orange robe with a dark head of hair lifts a small metal cup or vessel up toward the arch, apparently offering water or abhishekam. Behind them, multi-storey buildings with blue and green roofs, laundry on lines, and forested hills line a town street. A seated figure in white is visible at lower right near the steps.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor puja at a riverside ghat in a mountain town. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes stands at a gold arched shrine holding a silver cup over a gilded deity murti of a standing figure with raised hands, flanked by two red-robed attendant statues. Another saffron-clad devotee bends forward beside them, and a few people in orange and white stand under a blue tarp roof. Steel bowls with water and offerings sit on the shrine ledge. Behind, a rocky river bed, wooden and concrete buildings, and pine-covered mountains rise under a bright sky.2006-05-27Outdoor photograph on a riverbank at Gangotri in the Himalayas, with mountains and pine trees behind and grey river stones in the foreground. Under a blue corrugated awning, two people in orange-saffron robes stand at left with their backs partly toward the camera; the central figure has long dark hair and holds his palms together in prayer. In front of them stands a golden arched shrine housing a standing deity murti of Venkateswara with a tall crown, flanked by two figures in red garments. Brass vessels and offerings sit at the base, and a small devotional object is visible at the left edge. Other buildings and a few distant people appear in the background.2006-05-27